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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a crucial platform for businesses.

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Embarrassing updates in social media

Sherrilynne Starkie

Now, there’s a new website that collates people’s embarrassing updates, categorizes them and publishes them for all world to see (again). No information is posted that hasn’t been published by the social media users themselves. Ever update your Facebook with a silly remark and then regret it?

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Lac-Mégantic: social media lessons learned

Sherrilynne Starkie

The sad events that took place last month in Lac-Mégantic proved that social media can easily escape the official communications channels during a crisis situation. They needed to know what was happening, minute-to-minute, and we had to be the social media that was verifiable.”. Social media key PR driver.

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Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News

Sherrilynne Starkie

Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News. This week's top 5 social media must-knows include Hootsuite and Pinterest, Google News and AI, New Buttons for Instagram, Facebook user loyalty and new features from WhatsApp. Sherrilynne Starkie. followers . Listly by Sherrilynne Starkie. Follow List. May 09, 2018.

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Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts

Sherrilynne Starkie

Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts. In this week's top 5 must-know social media news, we see major social networks rolling out initiatives to protect privacy and increase transparency. Social media platforms are trying to clean up their acts. Sherrilynne Starkie. followers .

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

This is the integrated digital media and marketing communications framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge. How Canadians use Social Media. Canadians love social media. The fourth most-popular social network for Canadians is Instagram. Canadian Media Consumption Trends.

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Just two years ago the news media industry looked bleak with almost half, 44 per cent, of people checking the news less than once a week. Three out of four people now check the news at least weekly and almost half will share news media content via their own social networks. Examples of Earned Media Success.

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